Chapter 266 Li Ang, when Will You Win the Golden Ball and Become a Grand Slam Winner?
Drogba's return is a complete surprise.
Whether it is for the entire Chelsea team, Mourinho, or himself, such a surprise is very dreamy.
The reason is just a congratulatory call from him to Mourinho after the end of the Premier League season.
At that time, the two chatted happily. Mourinho joked that he would lead Chelsea to the Champions League next season, and Drogba joked that Mourinho should leave him a place to return.
At first, neither of them took it seriously.
But during the physical training before the start of the season, when Chelsea's medical team suggested to Mourinho that Ibrahimovic's playing time should be further controlled in the new season to ensure Ibrahimovic's health.
Mourinho immediately had the idea of introducing another substitute center forward.
After all, Ibrahimovic's age has indeed increased. He was lucky that he didn't get injured last season, but in this regard, Mourinho must first prepare for the worst.
If Ibrahimovic is injured in the championship sprint of the season and cannot play.
With the current rotation of Torres and Lukaku, can Chelsea really maintain the stable operation of the offensive system?
If Lukaku had been trained last season, Mourinho would not have had such worries now.
Lukaku now likes to play on both sides more and more, and his weight has been further reduced during this offseason.
In addition, Torres's game status is sometimes good and sometimes bad. If Chelsea wants to sprint on four fronts in the new season, then introducing another genuine center forward is something Mourinho must consider.
Judging from the role Ibrahimovic plays in Chelsea's offensive end and the tactical responsibilities he has.
The substitute center forward introduced by Chelsea is still preferably a fulcrum-type center forward with outstanding tactical effects.
Chelsea now does not lack the ability to score goals from behind on both wings and midfield.
So when replacing Ibrahimovic, this substitute center forward does not have to bear too much scoring responsibility.
It is best if he has played in the Premier League before, has more experience, stronger confrontation ability, and can hold the ball stably in the frontcourt.
When Mourinho carefully sorted out these tactical characteristics, he found that there was a ready-made suitable old player. He had talked to someone on the phone a few days ago...
So Chelsea's official loan request was quickly sent to Galatasaray.
Galatasaray and Drogba's economic team just negotiated a new contract last week.
Based on Drogba's original annual salary of 6 million, the salary was cut in half and Drogba was renewed for another year.
Faced with Chelsea's 5 million loan fee and the loan condition of bearing Drogba's entire salary, Galatasaray's management was tempted.
Originally, they planned to let Drogba gradually withdraw from the starting lineup in the new season and serve as a substitute for the team's main center forward Yilmaz, and then let the new aid Pandev and Yilmaz form a new striker duo.
Now there is a chance to earn 5 million euros in loan fees for nothing, and Drogba's departure will not have any impact on the team's preparations for the new season. Why not?
So on the third day after Chelsea sent a loan request to Galatasaray, Drogba, who had no problems, simply packed his luggage and flew back to London.
The return of the African beast did not only cause cheers and discussions among Chelsea fans.
All over the world, countless fans are looking forward to the shocking scene that Ibrahimovic and Drogba may play together in the new season of Chelsea!
I don’t know how many fans born after 1985 have formed a dream double center combination of "Ibrahimovic + Drogba" in various football games.
Now the dream has come true, and they can see the cooperation of these two super center forwards with their own eyes-even though both of them have left the peak of their careers.
But for the fans, the feeling of this game shining into reality still makes them feel very excited and looking forward to it!
Drogba had also participated in the pre-season training at Galatasaray before, so his physical condition was adjusted very well.
In addition, he is familiar with most of the players in the Chelsea team and Mourinho’s tactical style, so his integration into the team is still very smooth.
If time goes back to 2010, Drogba and Ibrahimovic may have a serious competitive relationship in the same team.
But in the summer of 2014, their getting along and training cooperation seemed unusually harmonious.
Ibrahimovic's current starting position in Chelsea is unshakable, he knows this, and Mourinho has given him a clear guarantee.
Drogba is of course also clear about his tactical position after returning to Chelsea.
The most important point is that he can no longer compete with Ibrahimovic for Chelsea's starting center position.
Last season at Galatasaray, his data had already declined seriously, and the number of goals for the whole season was just in double digits.
Compared with Ibrahimovic, who scored 35 goals and 11 assists in various competitions for Chelsea last season, the gap is too big.
However, Drogba, who is now 36 years old, has a very open mind.
Mourinho invited him to return to Chelsea this time, and he knew very well what job he wanted him to do.
In terms of club honors, Drogba is also a life winner.
He has won both top league titles and English domestic cup titles, the only regret is the Champions League.
In the summer of 2012, he and his old brothers were actually very close to winning the Champions League.
Unfortunately, they met Mourinho's Real Madrid at that time...
Now when talking about this matter again, Drogba's regret has faded a lot.
This year's Chelsea is also very strong, at least after the reinforcement, the strength on paper is not inferior to any giants in Europe.
These old boys also have the last chance to pursue their dreams in the true sense.
And with the acceleration of the team's training and running-in process, Drogba is becoming more and more confident after feeling the strong strength of Chelsea's midfield now.
The super strength shown by Li Ang on both offense and defense amazed Drogba.
Drogba even felt that among his teammates in the past, whether it was Lampard at his peak or Ballack at his tail peak, they were not as all-round as Li Ang now.
In the past, the media always liked to use exaggerated words to promote the all-round offense and defense of a certain midfielder.
But professional players playing on the field know that there are really few midfielders who can do this.
Now Drogba believes that Li Ang has indeed achieved a perfect balance between offense and defense, at least on the training ground, Li Ang gave him such a real feeling.
In addition to his strong strength, Li Ang's diligent extra training has once again opened Drogba's eyes.
In the past, he only knew from media reports that Li Ang liked extra training very much and was a very diligent midfield genius.
Now seeing the "physical superman" who is contrary to his worldview, Drogba has to sigh that endurance is indeed the best talent God has given to his beloved players.
However, he didn't know that Li Ang was diligent, but if he hadn't unlocked the talent limit and opened the plug-in gift package, he would not have been so desperate on the training ground.
After all, even if Li Ang wanted to improve his ability every day after completing the training camp, he couldn't stick to it without the support of advanced physical recovery potions like plug-ins.
After the end of this season, Li Ang has obtained nearly 2,400 points in total.
Compared with last season, without winning the Champions League again, the income of these points will naturally be much less.
However, thanks to the explosion of personal data this season, Li Ang has also made up some points from another aspect.
It is not possible to directly lock the ability value and open one diamond-level and two gold-level talent fragment cards like last season.
After all, if you do this, you need at least 2,600 system points.
So after repeated consideration, Li Ang finally chose to exchange three gold-level talent fragment cards, and then enable the function of locking the ability value, which cost a total of 2,100 points.
This time, the ability values he chose to lock are strength, flexibility and bounce.
The three talent fragment cards opened are:
"Vieri 04-05 season strong talent fragment, talent value: 93 (full value 100, host's current strong ability value 87); bonus experience perception: scientific strengthening of core muscles."
"Ronaldinho 13-14 season flexible talent fragment, talent value: 92 (full value 100, host's current flexible ability value 86); bonus experience perception: Samba dance steps enhance body flexibility."
"Cannavaro 07-08 season jumping talent fragment, talent value: 92 (full value 100, host's current jumping ability value 84); bonus experience perception: the best jumping force method for short defensive players."
And in the two championship packages won by winning the Premier League and the League Cup last season.
Li Ang opened the familiar high-level physical recovery potion that can be used ten times and a rare silver-level protective prop:
A tight lining to protect the upper body muscle group.
This is a protective item that Li Ang has not seen in the exchange store yet.
Even though it is only silver level, it can protect the muscles of the upper body and can freely change the long and short sleeves and appearance colors. Li Ang is very satisfied with it.
Taking advantage of the last period before the start of the new season, Li Ang rushed to improve his ability value.
On August 15, two days before the start of Chelsea's new season, Li Ang stopped his crazy training.
And his current ability values have been greatly improved compared to when he transferred to Chelsea last year.
Li Ang's specific ability values are as follows:
Strength: 88 (93)
Stamina: 96 (98)
Speed: 87 (93)
Acceleration: 88 (93)
Dribbling: 87 (93)
Ball control: 87 (88)
Short pass: 91 (93)
Long pass: 89 (93)
Cross: 77 (87)
Shooting: 81 (93)
Shot power: 90 (93)
Long shot: 90 (97)
Flexibility: 86 (92)
Balance: 86 (87)
Heading: 88 (92)
Bounce: 86 (92)
Tackling: 88 (88)
Steal: 91 (92)
Vision: 88 (97)
Li Ang does not plan to use the remaining 300 points. After he reaches 1,200 points, he plans to lock in a diamond-level tackling talent card.
The next thing to improve is the ball control and balance ability. He also plans to open the diamond-level talent card directly in these two aspects and max out the talent value at one time.
The talent value limit of 87 in passing is enough for him, and he is currently practicing slowly, so he will take his time.
In the new season, he still needs to seize the time to focus on training his strengths.
Some core technical ability values for him, such as long and short passes, tackles and steals, including long-range shooting techniques.
He also needs to invest a lot of time to seek further breakthroughs and consolidation.
After all, his plug-in system is not just about increasing the ability value.
Even if he is lazy for a week or two and does not train seriously, the specific ability value may decline slightly.
So he still can't be lazy, and he must invest a lot of time in maintaining his physical and competitive state.
Of course, Li Ang will not feel lazy or tired because of the hard training.
In the final analysis, what allows him to embark on the path of professional football and persist is the sincere love for football in his heart.
Doing a job, especially sticking to it for many years, is always difficult.
But if you have your own interests mixed in, and you do what you like and are very interested in.
Then the so-called difficulty and boredom will become "enjoyable" pain.
At least now, every time Li Ang opens the system panel, he sees his ability value that has grown.
When he thinks that he is getting closer and closer to the goal of winning the Golden Ball, his heart will only be filled with the motivation to continue to struggle and fight.
Before the official start of the new season of the Premier League, Sky Sports collected the transfer information of all 20 Premier League teams and gave corresponding ratings.
Chelsea, which cleaned up redundant players, transferred Oscar, David Luiz, Essien, and successively introduced Kroos, Thiago Silva and Drogba in the transfer market, naturally received an "S" rating.
Chelsea is also the only team in the Premier League that received an S rating for summer transfer operations.
Manchester City first streamlined the lineup and sold players who did not meet Guardiola's tactical requirements, such as Dzeko, Yaya Toure and Negredo.
Then they brought in midfielder Thiago from Bayern and midfielder Rakitic from Sevilla.
Finally, they brought in Villa, who seemed to be in good shape, from Atletico Madrid.
This transfer operation can be said to have further stamped the mark of Guardiola's football on Manchester City.
But Manchester City's transfer operation in this summer window only received an A-level evaluation from Sky Sports.
The rest of the teams, such as Arsenal and Liverpool, which did not invest much in the transfer market this year, have to rank behind Manchester City.
And Li Ang, who joined Chelsea only last season, was directly awarded the best player of the season by the English Players' Union, the British Football Writers' Association and the official Premier League after the season.
He was also ranked first on the list of players most watched and expected by fans in the new season of 2014-2015 selected by Sky Sports before the season!
This is not a fan expectation list imagined by Sky Sports itself.
Instead, it is a collection of fans' opinions and voting information in the previous two months, and it is seriously supported by data.
Among the 100,000 English fans who participated in the vote, nearly 90,000 fans voted for Li Ang as the most anticipated player of the new season!
Whether it was the regret that he was only one goal away from reaching the Premier League double 20-plus last season, or Li Ang's amazing performance in the league.
It is enough to make him a star and popular king in the current Premier League!
And now the biggest expectation of Premier League fans for Li Ang is actually just one thing.
When can he represent the Premier League to the top of the football world and become another Grand Slam man in the Premier League? !